NATIONAL READING DAY, WEEK & MONTH 2023

(19 जून  से  18 जुलाई  2023 तक)

P N Panicker, the father of Library and Literacy Movement in Kerala is an eminent personality, who was the pillar behind the socio- cultural rebirth in Kerala.

Puthuvayil Narayana Panicker is known as the Father of the Library Movement in the Indian state of Kerala. The activities of the Kerala Grandhasala Sanghom that he initiated triggered a popular cultural movement in Kerala which produced universal literacy in the state in the 1990s.

P N Panicker Foundation, the mother organization of P N Panicker Vigyan Vikas Kendra was established during the Sathabhishek year under the Chairmanship of Justice V R Krishna Iyer to spearhead developmental issues focusing on inclusive growth in tune with the technological advancement. Honouring the father of the ‘Library Movement in Kerala’, the late P.N.Panicker, since 1996, the State Government has been celebrating 19th June as the Day of Reading and following week as the Reading Week. The initiative commenced in collaboration with P.N.Panicker Foundation, transformed into a mass movement, paving the way for the launch of Reading Mission 2023, various activities of this mission, to be implemented in School, libraries and academic institutions.

In light of the above, Library@K V SECL Jhagrakhand  also conducted the online pledge to implement the Reading Day 2023.